The creation of the Pro-University Society of Passo Fundo (SPU) in 1950 and the Catholic University Consortium (CUC) in 1956 allowed the region to begin its journey towards higher education. The decree recognizing the UPF was signed by President Arthur Costa e Silva and Minister of Education Tarso Dutra on April 2, 1968. The event took place at the Piratini Palace in Porto Alegre, where Dom Cláudio Colling spoke on behalf of the regional community. In his speech, he emphasized: “perhaps no other event has had such a greater or more historic repercussion than this signing of the decree creating the University of Passo Fundo,” referring to other events held at the time. The decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Union on June 6, 1968, the date on which the institution’s anniversary is celebrated.

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